Kevin's lunchtime reading

Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, Issue 14.

A better issue this time round [entry]. Several stories that I liked and the only ones I really had any issue with were The Munchausen Papers by Stuart Barrow and Mark Bruckard. These were a series of little letters and other correspondences, no longer than a page, that were scattered between the real stories. These annoyed me, and I fail to see how Barrow and Bruckard managed to sell them. Greatly directionless pieces, none of them seem to have any purpose and the pay-off at the end of each was totally absent. I'm sure they were supposed to be amusing; they just weren't.

Scales of Justice by Susie Hawes is a nice little story, which raised a few smiles. Body and Soul Art by Eugie Foster, is a much darker animal, dealing with tattooing and body art. It takes an interesting track, and ends well.

The Water Cure by Liz Wililams hasn't really stuck with me. I remember what it was about, but can't remember having strong feelings one way or the other after reading it.

Hitler's Ghost Possessed my Cat by Ben Cook, Counter Clock by Patrick Mullarkey, and Lost Property by Bren MacDibble were amusing, and I enjoyed reading all of them. I did find the writing to be occassionally clumsy in HGPmC, but the story was good.

The closing story, The Sleeper by Mark Healy, was also good. The relationship between the main characters was well drawn and the ending was quite good.

Later . . .